NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74FEM07
Registry · N4029
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LATTIMORE-DWYER BREEZY
Year of manufacture
1971 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800306
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4B7A2
Registrant of record
LUTES ROBERT TRUSTEE
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
BREEZY RLU-1 · N4029
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
225° / 5 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
314 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
180
Age
52
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N LNDD NOSE WHEEL FIRST.ACFT NOSED OVR.
Investigator remarks
ACFT SKIPPED FOR A FEW FEET AFTR INITIAL T/D THE
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/62 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/A J TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint cause
- 82/J/X J WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 3063.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_3063.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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